By Bolivian Thoughts: One month before the presidential elections scheduled for August 17, 2025, Bolivia is going through one of the most complex years in its recent democratic history. There’s a shortage of dollars, fuel has become a luxury item, inflation is hitting hard, and drug trafficking is expanding even in plain sight, taking advantage…
Category: Social Unrest
The electoral landscape shows fragmentation and stagnation | El tablero electoral muestra fragmentación y estancamiento
By Vision 360: Analysts see that the electoral landscape shows fragmentation and stagnation The high percentage (over 30%) of those who declared themselves undecided or intend to cast a blank or null vote stands out. A sample of the electoral ballot (reference image). Photo: ABI Political analysts believe that the recent Unitel poll shows a…
The national minimum wage is devalued against the parallel dollar | El salario mínimo nacional se devalúa frente al dólar paralelo
By El Diario: Despite the 5% wage increase set by the government for this year, from 2,500 to 2,750 bolivianos, the widening gap between the official and parallel exchange rates has caused a 50% devaluation. A few days ago, Bloomberg reported that Bolivia’s national minimum wage is the third lowest in the region using the…
Land Grabbing Threatens Lives, the Economy, and Food Production | Avasallamientos amenazan la vida, economía y producción alimentaria
By El Diario: The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) denounced that land grabbing continues to escalate in violence and poses a direct threat to life, the economy, and the country’s food production. “We hope the law is enforced, that they arrest whoever needs to be arrested so this doesn’t continue. Because if the land seizures go…
“Santa Rita is strategic; from there, the invaders want to take 70,000 hectares” | “Santa Rita es estratégico, a partir de ahí los avasalladores quieren tomar 70.000 hectáreas”
By Unitel: Denounces Anapo manager “It’s up to the Government to give clear signals that it will act with the full force of the law, and that starts with arresting the ringleaders,” said Jaime Hernández, manager of the Oilseed and Wheat Producers Association (Anapo) [Photo: UNITEL] / Jaime Hernández, general manager of the Oilseed and…
Producers question the Government’s decision to import genetically modified corn instead of approving biotechnology | Productores cuestionan que el Gobierno opte por importar maíz transgénico y no dé curso a la biotecnología
By Unitel, Eju.tv: The productive sector is awaiting proposals from presidential candidates, and the president of the poultry farmers’ association called it “grotesque” that the Government blocks the use of biotechnology while importing something that could be produced in Bolivia. The national productive sector criticizes the Government’s policy of importing genetically modified corn instead of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 